Crime Dashboard - Fairfield Heights
New South Wales • Suburb • 2022-24
Crime summary
Crime rank by crime type
Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Crime statistics summary
Crime | Count | Rate1 | Percentile2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 12 | 268 | 17 |
| motor vehicle | 18 | 286 | 12 |
| violent | 161 | 1,770 | 44 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Surrounding areas
Crime trends
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Period comparisons
Crime | 2022-241 | 2020-221 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 268 | 228 | 17.2% |
| motor vehicle | 286 | 296 | -3.3% |
| violent | 1,770 | 2,161 | -18.1% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 17.2% to 268 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 3.3% to 286 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 18.1% to 1,770 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Area comparisons
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Comparative statistics
Crime | Fairfield Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 268 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 286 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,770 | 2,383 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Fairfield Heights was 51.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 63.8% lower than the national average.
- around 17% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Fairfield Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Fairfield Heights was 60.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 72.4% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Fairfield Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Fairfield Heights was 25.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 37.4% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Fairfield Heights.